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By Erwin Seba<\/p>\n

TEXAS CITY, Texas (Reuters) -One Marathon Petroleum (NYSE:) worker died on Monday and two others were hospitalized in a fire at the company’s Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City, Texas, said people familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n

The blaze broke out about 9:30 a.m. CDT (1430 GMT) and was extinguished within four hours, according to the people familiar with the matter and Marathon Petroleum spokesperson Jamal Kheiry.<\/p>\n

Scott Higgins, a Marathon machinist nearing retirement, died at a Galveston, Texas, hospital from injuries received in the incident, said the people familiar with the matter. Two others were sent to hospital.<\/p>\n

All three were performing routine maintenance on the plant’s 75,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Ultraformer 3 (UU-3) when a pump seal near them failed, causing a fire to erupt, the people said. Names of the hospitalized workers were not immediately released.<\/p>\n

The UU-3 is the bigger of two reformers at the 593,000-bpd refinery, the second largest in the United States, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Reformers convert refining byproducts into octane-boosting components added to gasoline.<\/p>\n

An investigation is underway by the company and the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). State and federal environmental agencies are expected to launch their own probes in coming days.<\/p>\n

The fatality is the second this year at the plant. A contract worker died in March after receiving an electric shock at the refinery.<\/p>\n

Texas City is located 42 miles (68 km) southeast of Houston.<\/p>\n

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